which cities are at the highest elevation in U.S. (living, rated)
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Albuquerque spans the mile mark with much of the city being over 5,500 and as high as 6,000+. Albuquerque is not as big as Denver, but with nearly a million in the metro area, it is not insignificant, either.
When Denverites brag about being the 'mile-high city', Albuquerqueans are not impressed :-)
Little known fact, but we have inhabitable areas a mile high or more east of the Mississippi River. It's not a big city but Beech Mountain, NC tops out at 5500 feet. Town Of Beech Mountain
One of the highest "large cities" is Colorado Springs (pop: 416,000), officially @ 6,035 ft ASL, but significantly higher in some areas. The foothill areas of the city, such as Broadmoor, Mountain Shadows and Rockrimmon, are 7,000 ft plus.
I believe that Boone, North Carolina, claims to be the highest incorporated city east of the Mississippi, at 3,333 feet. The highest Interstate highway east of the Mississippi is I-26 at the TN/NC line, at 3,575.
However, Boone is not the highest city east of the Rockies. In fact, Boise City, in the flat Oklahoma panhandle, is higher than that.
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